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The horrific photographs, posted on the Facebook group of citizen journalists Les Calaisiens en Colere, show how the razor sharp stake slammed through the windscreen and penetrated several feet into the cabin of the lorry.

It is not clear when the shocking incident occurred, although the photographs were taken at night and the group uploaded them online earlier this morning.

Facebook/Maëva Mayla

A Calais resident has told how migrants are smashing up cars 'for fun'

Facebook/Maëva Mayla

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In a statement accompanying the images, the campaign group said: "A lorry driver has been a victim of an attempted murder.

"Nobody knows by what miracle he managed to escape unharmed.

"The crime weapon is a tree branch which has been sharpened to a point to improve its penetration through the windscreen and possibly even through the head of the unfortunate driver.

"This weapon is still lodged in the windscreen of the cab of the lorry."

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In a plea to French president Francois Hollande, they added: "Mr Hollande! Will the people of Calais have to take the same course of action as the Corsicans, or will you begin to protect your people?"

In Corsica a terrorist group known as the National Liberation Front have been waging a decades-long battle against the French government for independence.

It is not clear who provided the group of Calais citizens with the photograph, and they could not be independently verified.

However, they have been published at a time when British hauliers have warned of growing violence in the lawless port town as migrants become increasingly desperate to reach the UK.

Earlier this month it emerged that one trucker had been threatened by an asylum seeker with a chainsaw, whilst another described how a gang of migrants rolled an entire tree onto the motorway in front of his vehicle.

In both examples migrants were attempting to slow down the lorries in question so that they could smash the locks on the back and stow inside amongst the cargo.

The situation has got so bad in the town that locals have even been warned to stay away from the main roads, where migrants have reportedly been smashing up cars "just for fun".

Calais local Maëva Mayla posted photographs of her smashed up car on Facebook, saying that a gang of migrants had smashed it up whilst she was sitting in traffic for their own amusement.

She said: "It disgusts me. Tell your relatives so that they can avoid it happening to them."

The number of migrants living at the crime-ridden Jungle camp has swelled to more than 7,000 in recent weeks as more and more migrants try to reach Britain following the Brexit vote.